There are plenty of books on how to write the perfect CV... this is not one of them. In Crap CVs, author Jenny Crompton shows what not to do when trying to impress a perspective employer.
Packed with hundreds of hilarious, real life examples of CVs that went straight in the bin, it is the ultimate guide for ensuring you will remain one of the long-term unemployed.
If truth is stranger than fiction, this book is as real as it gets, as these examples illustrate:
There are plenty of books on how to write the perfect CV... this is not one of them. In Crap CVs, author Jenny Crompton shows what not to do when trying to impress a perspective employer.
Packed with hundreds of hilarious, real life examples of CVs that went straight in the bin, it is the ultimate guide for ensuring you will remain one of the long-term unemployed.
If truth is stranger than fiction, this book is as real as it gets, as these examples illustrate:
• Special Skills: Thyping.
• Special Skills: Able to whistle while pretending to drink water at the same time.
• Hobbies: My interests include cooking dogs and interesting people.
• Reasons for Leaving Last Employment: We stole a pig, but it was only a really small pig.
• Previous job: Plumber. Reason for leaving: Couldn’t plumb.
• Great Covering Letters: Hire me, I have great hair.
The interview:
Q. Is there anything about this job that you feel you might not be very good at?
A. Dealing with people.
Q. What person, living or dead, would you most like to meet?
A. The living one.
Crap CVs
By Jenny Crompton
Published by Penguin
RRP $19.99
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